Question

In Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall,” the neighbor tells the speaker that good fences make good neighbors. What does he mean by this?

He has had problems with other landowners in the past.


He believes boundaries are important in relationships.


All the other neighbors have fences on their property.


He needs a fence to keep his cows from wandering away

Answer 1

He believes boundaries are important in relationships

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

I believe the correct answer is B. He believes boundaries are important in relationships. The speaker obviously thinks the wall is unnecessary, but his neighbor is traditional and believes that every relationship has to be restrained in order to remain healthy. The neighbor, therefore, appears to be some kind of a guardian of old traditions.